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Staying Warm

There’s nothing quite like staying warm in the winter with wood. In the past I tried to cut and split what I needed but with the years my back has gotten increasingly cranky (as has Kaleesha’s). In...

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Recycled Wood Shelving

We’ve been wanting to better utilize one of the walls in our bedroom and finally got around to the project during a brief warm spell in January. The goal was rustic shelving that would hold books,...

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Busy Spring!

Spring has come to Missouri and with it lots of work for Tucker Creek Creative as well as plenty of work for us at Make-it-Do Farm. As if my freelance work and our farm/garden projects weren’t enough,...

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Lab Revolution

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Permaculture at Make-it-Do

Halfway through the dig!A few years back I wrote about putting in my first swale . About a year later I offered up an update. In May of 2013 I left that site behind when I jumped into life with...

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Permaculture Progress

Three of four planned water harvesting swales are in and partially planted.We've been making great progress in our effort to implement a permaculture design at Make-it-Do. Until recently the process...

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The U.S. Political System is BROKEN

Worried about climate change? Don't be! The US Senate voted 50-49 to reject "the scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change. So. Problem solved!The Senate rejected the scientific...

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Ducks, the universe and turning 46

I’m 46 today. I’ve never paid too much heed to birthdays. Just another day. That said, I’d like to think that I greatly value my life on earth so everyday is, generally speaking, a good day. I try to...

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Permaculture Poster One

The first in a series of permaculture themed posters. Read more at David Holmgren's Permaculture Principles.

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Video: Swale Update

We started putting in the swales in the middle of April so they've had a bit of time to mature with clover as well as a variety of edibles ranging from perennial berries to rhubarb to annuals such as...

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Pigweed!

Not the prettiest of plants but that's okay, thenutritional content and taste make up for it!This little grouping is growing very happilyin one of our swales right between our rhubarband blueberry.My...

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Kaleesha's Book Free Day Today!

Kaleesha’s book, Free to Be, is a freebie today on Amazon! If you've already read it but have not yet left a review please consider doing so as it is a huge help! If you've not gotten your copy why are...

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Discovery 12.5 Dobsonian: Initial Thoughts

Discovery 12.5" at its new home - many newdeep sky explorations await!When I poked my head out this morning I almost didn't get up because it looked a bit foggy and there was a halo around the moon...

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An erratic blogger

Jeesh. What a mess this blog is. Fits and starts. Been a long time since I achieved any kind of consistency. I don't see myself going back to Facebook anytime soon and I don't seem to have the hang of...

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Getting lost in NASA - The Curiosity Rover has a Chemcam Blog

The NASA website is an amazingly deep rabbit hole. It is it's own internet. Really, between Wikipedia and NASA, I can and often do go days without seeing the rest of the interwebs. Here's just one tiny...

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Gravitational Waves Discovered

In case you missed it: LIGO announced the detection of Gravitational WavesFor the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves. This confirms a...

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Back at the Lake or Life is like a box of chocolates...

A new video about rebuilding my garden now that I've returned to the lake as my residence. It's been a long while since I felt the need or desire to really write. I think that drought may be over at...

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Of legends and fuck-ups

The other day I had to write a difficult email. And then another. It was a part of a conversation that was, in large part, me processing the end of my recent relationship with Kaleesha. In the course...

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Vulnerability, change and growth

Yes, yes, I know. I’ve brought up the recent ending/change of my recent relationship with Kaleesha a lot recently. It figures in. Much of what I’m thinking about at the moment is where I went with that...

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Cloudy Day Time-lapse

Just having a bit of fun with the iPhone time lapse feature and finding a bit of beauty in the process.

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When People Die

I’ve got an aunt who will likely be dying in the next couple of days. My mom’s sister. Death is an interesting thing because it’s the one fact that we all share, one of only a few certainties and yet,...

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Sunset Time-lapse

Been having some very active weather lately. That may sound silly as the weather is often active.  Maybe more accurate to say that we've been having lots of windy days. Thankfully we had a slight...

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Spring 2016 Garden Update

Been busy gardening and made a good bit of progress in March and April getting things  reestablished. Lots of natives put in for wildlife habitat as well as small food garden consisting of hugelculture...

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Alone but not lonely

I’m going to tell you a story about being alone. Not necessarily lonely, but alone. There’s a difference which we’ll work out as we go. The story starts in a washroom beside a washer and a drier when...

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Moving!!

After many years at Blogger I've decided to move to a new blog! I've contemplated this for awhile. I've not been all that happy with the process/interface for posting to Blogger. Posting text or...

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